The present invention disclosed and claimed herein comprises a system and method for launching a web browser on a network comprising a computer having an all new input interface and a communication interface coupled to a computer network; said audio input coupled to the audio output of a source for receiving an audio signal having encoded therein a unique code that is associated with a predetermined destination on the network; and a program operable on said computer responsive to receipt and decoding of the audio signal received from the source for interacting with connections of the computer to a web site available on the computer network wherein the location of the predetermined destination is not stored in a computer.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation U.S. Ser. No. 11/006,324 entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND LAUNCHING A WEB BROWSER IN RESPONSE TO AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL, filed Dec. 7, 2004, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,287,091 on Oct. 23, 2007, which is a Continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 6,829,650 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND LAUNCHING A WEB BROWSER IN RESPONSE TO AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL," issued on Dec. 7, 2004, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Pat. No. 6,745,234 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A REMOTE LOCATION BY SCANNING AN OPTICAL CODE," issued on Jun. 1, 2004, which is a Continuation-in-Part of abandoned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/151,471 entitled "METHOD FOR INTERFACING SCANNED PRODUCT INFORMATION WITH A SOURCE FOR THE PRODUCT OVER A GLOBAL NETWORK" filed on Sep. 11, 1998, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,098,106 entitled "METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER WITH AN AUDIO SIGNAL," issued on Aug. 1, 2000; the present application being related to the following: U.S. Pat. No. 6,629,133 entitled "INTERACTIVE DOLL," issued on Sep. 30, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,970,914 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING ROUTING INFORMATION TO A REMOTE WEB SITE IN AN AUDIO/VIDEO TRACK," issued on Nov. 29, 2005; U.S. Pat. No. 6,526,449 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER FROM A REMOTE LOCATION," issued on Feb. 25, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,643,692 entitled "A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER USING AN EMBEDDED UNIQUE CODE IN THE CONTENT OF VIDEO TAPE MEDIA," issued on Nov. 4, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 7,010,577 entitled "A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER USING AN EMBEDDED UNIQUE CODE IN THE CONTENT OF DVD MEDIA," issued on Mar. 7, 2006; U.S. Pat. No. 7,043,536 entitled "A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER USING AN EMBEDDED UNIQUE CODE IN THE CONTENT OF CD MEDIA," issued on May 9, 2006; U.S. Pat. No. 6,615,268 entitled "A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER USING AN EMBEDDED UNIQUE CODE IN THE CONTENT OF DAT MEDIA," issued on Sep. 2, 2003; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,426 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING, SECURING AND CONDUCTING AN E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION," filed Aug. 24, 1999; U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,799 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING USER PROFILE AND HABITS ON A GLOBAL NETWORK," issued on Dec. 28, 2004; U.S. Pat. No. 7,288,282 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING AN EXISTING PRODUCT CODE TO A REMOTE LOCATION," issued on Jun. 5, 2007; U.S. Pat. No. 6,107,294 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING A WEB SITE WITH A NON-STANDARD CONTROL INPUT DEVICE," issued on Aug. 22, 2000; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,374 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING A BROADCAST TO REMOTELY CONTROL A COMPUTER,"filed on Aug. 24, 1999; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,371 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING A WEB BROWSER IN RESPONSE TO SCANNING OF PRODUCT INFORMATION," filed on Aug. 24, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,440,993, issued on Oct. 21, 2008; U.S. Pat. No. 7,284,066 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING A USER'S USE PROFILE IN COMMERCE WITH A BROADCAST," issued on Oct. 16, 2007; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,423 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO INDUCE A USER TO SELECT AN E-COMMERCE FUNCTION," filed on Aug. 24, 1999; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,421 entitled "A COMBINED PRODUCT CODE AND INSIGNIA FOR SIGNIFYING AN INTERNAL INTERACTIVE CODE," filed Aug. 24, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,424,521, issued on Sep. 9, 2008; U.S. Pat. No. 6,826,592 entitled "DIGITAL ID FOR SELECTING WEB BROWSER AND USE PREFERENCES OF A USER DURING USE OF A WEB APPLICATION," issued on Nov. 30, 2004; abandoned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,422 entitled "UNIQUE ID FOR IDENTIFYING A USER AND FACILITATING AN E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION," filed on Aug. 24, 1999; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/382,377 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINKING A WEB BROWSER LINK TO A PROMOTIONAL OFFER," filed on Aug. 24, 1999; U.S. Pat. No. 6,697,949 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A USER'S PC THROUGH AN AUDIO/VISUAL BROADCAST TO ARCHIVE INFORMATION IN THE USER'S PC," issued on Feb. 24, 2004; U.S. Pat. No. 7,159,037 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING AN EXISTING PRODUCT CODE TO ISSUE A MATCH TO A PREDETERMINED LOCATION ON A GLOBAL NETWORK," issued on Jan. 2, 2007; pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/379,699 entitled "NETWORK ROUTING UTILIZING A PRODUCT CODE," filed Aug. 24, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,321,941, issued on Jan. 22, 2008; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,354 entitled "METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING TWO LOCATIONS OVER A NETWORK IN RESPONSE TO USING A TOOL," issued on Mar. 2, 2004.
